Network Security Specialist Job Trends in the North of England

Network Security Specialist
England > North of England

The median Network Security Specialist salary in the North of England is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 309 287
Rank change year-on-year +34 -22 +158
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Specialist 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.010% 0.008% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.009% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £72,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £75,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +50.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £48,750 £77,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,750 £72,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.21% +26.09% +2.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 8,731 11,661 7,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.19% 94.88% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,044 6,111 5,650
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +0.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Network Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Network Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the North of England

Network Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Specialist job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Specialist job vacancies in the North of England

Network Security Specialist
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire - 1 £47,500 -
Network Security Specialist
England

Network Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, Network Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Network Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Check Point GAiA
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN

Network Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow